• לַ˜חַץ S 3906 TWOT 1106a GK 4316 n.m. oppression, distress ;— ל׳ abs. 1 K 22:27 (×2) + 5 times; cstr. 2 K 13:4 + 2 times; sf. לַחֲצֵ˜נוּ Dt 26:4 ψ 44:25 ;— oppression of Isr. Ex 3:9 ( E ; + vb. cogn.), 2 K 13:4 cf. Dt 26:7 ( || עֳנִי , עָמָל ) ψ 44:25 ( || עֳנִי ); oppr. of (i.e. by) an enemy, ψ 42:10 ; 43:2 ; in gen. Jb 36:15 ( || עֳנִי ); לֶחֶם ל׳ וּמַיִם ל׳ 1 K 22:27 = 2 Ch 18:26 bread of oppression and water of oppression , i. e. prison-fare ( > Klo scanty fare); cf. לֶחֶם צַר וּמַיִם ל׳ Is 30:2 0, appar. of privations of a siege ( cf. Che Di D u; on the apposition in these passages v. Ges § 131. 2 (b) Kö iii , § 333 p. q. Da Synt. § 29. e).
•[לָחַשׁ S 3907 TWOT 1107 GK 4317 ] vb. whisper, charm (NH id.; Aramaic
לְחַשׁ
,
ܠܚܰܫ
(
lḥaš
); Ethiopic
˜˜˜
(
laḥasa
)
whisper
,
v. RS
JPh. xiv. 1885, 122
, possibly originally serpent-charming
)
;—
Pi.
Pt. pl.
קֹול מְלַחֲשִׁים
ψ 58:6
voice of whisperers
(i.e.
serpent-charmers;
||
חֹובֵר חֲבָרִים
).
Hithp.
whisper together,
Impf.
יִתְלַחֲשׁוּ
c.
עַל
ψ 41:8
;
Pt. pl.
מִתְלַחֲשִׁים
2 S 12:1
9.
•
לַ˜חַשׁ
S
3908
TWOT
1107a
GK
4318
n.
[
m.
]
a whispering, charming
;—
ל׳
Is 26:16
;
לָ˜חַשׁ
Ec 10:11 Is 3:3 Je 8:1
7;
pl.
לְחָשִׁים
Is 3:2
0.—
1.
serpent- charming
Je 8:17 Ec 10:1
1;
לָ˜חַשׁ נְבֹון
Is 3:3
(prob. general).
2.
charms, amulets
, worn by women,
Is 3:20
.
3.
whisper of prayer
,
צָקוּן לַחַשׁ
Is 26:16
they pour forth a whisper of prayer
(but Koppe
Bö Gr Di Du
read
צְקֹון לַחַשׁ
‘
Zauberzwang
,’
compulsion of
(
by
)
magic
).
•
לֹוחֵשׁ
S
3873
GK
4285
n.pr.m.
(
=
whisperer
) only
c.
art.
הַלּ׳
, a chief of the people
Ne 3:12
;
10:25
.
לָט S 3814, 3909 TWOT 1092a GK 4319 v. sub לוּט .
Du B. Duhm. Ges W. Gesenius, Heb. Gram. ed. by Kautzsch; Da A. B. Davidson, Hebrew Syntax.
RS W. Robertson Smith.
JPh. Journal of Philology (Engl.). Bö F. Böttcher.